The Republic of Charles V- is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical population of 442 million Charles V-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Charles V-ian economy, worth 22.6 trillion coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,034 coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, and videogames like 'Equalia: Knights of Self-Confidence' are proving inexplicably unpopular. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles V-'s national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles V- is ranked 303,427^th in the world and 220^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.